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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31
Literary Notices.

1.-The Story of Keedon Bluffs by Charles
Egbert Craddock Mary N. Murfree.) Cloth,
l6 mo- Price, Sl.0O. Published by Houghton,
Miffiin & Co., Boston and New York. The
scene of the story is laid in East Tennessee.
The plot is briefly as follows:
During the Civil War, a certain Squire
Torbett, fearing the depredations of the
| enemy, concealed large amount of money
in a hollow log. To throw off the track his
neighbor Jerry Binnell, worthless fellCw,
he Ostensibly entrusts to him the conceal
ment of his money in crevice in Keedon
Bluffs. The Squire dies during the war, leav-
ing his secret in the possession of only one
man-Abner Guyther. After the war Jerry
marries a widow with one daughter, Rosa
mond. After his wife's death he returns to
Keedon Bluffs with his step-daughter, for the
purpose of unearthing the supposed treasure.
He stopped at the house of Abner Guyther, "a
former cOmrade, who, remembering that
Jerry had been deserter, tolerated him only
on his daughters account. By false rep
| reservations Jerry induced a young boy
called Skinny Sawyer to aid him in his
schemes. Meanwhile the Sheriff gets news
of the affair, and lies in wait on the night of
the robbery. Skinny succeeds in finding the
supposed treasure, and Jerry, seeing that a
warm reception awaits him above, decends
the bluff and makes good his escape with his
box of sand. Skinny explains matters salts
factorily, and is freed from all suspicion of
guilt. Little Rosamond, who has endeared
herself to the Guyther family, makes her
home with them with her grandmother's con-
sent. The story is written in the easy grace
full manner that lends the charm of reality to
all of Miss Murfree's writings. The action
of the book is well sustained and natural
There is no attempt at special depth of char
acter study, for the personages of this vol
ume are not such as to require it. The por-
trayal of outside life, and the vivid descrip-
tons of this section of the country where the
scene of the volume is laid, are specially
attractive features of this work. Miss Muir
free here deals with the familiar scenes of
her own home, and the result is most &C.
curate and charming picture. The work on
the whole is one which will add still more to
the laureis of this popular writer.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31

Lippincott's Magazine-.January number
J. b. Lippincott Co. Philadelphia. Contents ::
Check and Counter-Check, A Novel. Brander
Matthews and George H. Jessop; The Brown
ing Craze, Edgar Fawcett; Hollywood CA
POEM, Clinton Scollard; The Preferences
of our Opera Singers, Charles +. L. Win
gate; Irish Ivy CA POEM John James Piatt !;
With Gauge 4 Swallow, Albion w. Tourgee !;
II. An Unlawful Honor; The Price CA
POEM. Cariotta Perry; "reminiscences, w.
II. Furness; Lucifer CA Poem), Nora Perry !;
The Grand Dukes Rubies A StOry,) Ed
gar Saltus; To My Face in the Glass CA
Sonnet,) Amele Rives Our Monthly Gossip,
Book Talk, VIM. s. Walsh.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1887-12-31
ANNUAL MEETING.

The Stockholders of the Granite National Bank
Of Augusta, Maine, will hold their their Annual
Meeting for the election Of Directors and for the
Transaction OF any other legitimate business, 1t
10th day Of January 1eee O'Clock in the fore
noon.
TREBY JOHNSON. Cashier:
Dec. q, 1857. dec2sdtd
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
A Yorkshire Pudding.

elbow is Yorkshire pudding made 2"
asked reporter of Mrs. Wells, the fam
Gus pudding maker of New York.
eff [ have been asked once, B." she re-
piled, 81 have been asked a hundred
times for it. There is nothing more
simple to make, and it is rightly judged
in England rs the best companion dish
to rare roast beef.
Mrs. Wells then gave her receipt for
making that most appetiz ng companion
to roast beef.
Here is the receipt To one pound of
sifted flour placed in a large basin, add
n teasspoonful Of salt, three whole eggs;
mix together with a wooden spoon, add
ing Mt intervals rather better than
quart, of milk; work the batter vigorous
ly for ten minutes to make it light, and
pour it instantly into baking tin, pre-
viously made very hot, with about two
ounces of good beef dripping, set the
pudding to bake under the meat, which
will take about twenty minutes. Then
cut into squares and send hot to table,
with some good gravy in separate
dish
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
KAMTSCHATKA'S MIXED HOSTS.
A Forfeiture of a Native Village
and its Diverse Inhabitants.

The aboriginals of Kamtschatka are
Kamtschatdales and Koriaks; but little
is known of their origin, and both have
decreased in numbers since the Russian
occupation, says Chambers Journal.
The country is now chiefly peopled by
Siberian-Russians, and by race the
product of intermarriage between them
and the original Kamtschatda1es. This
new race it is usual to distinguish us
Kamtschatkans, and greedy, disagree
able kind of people they seem to be.
They are OF a low order and live in sum
mer in either wretched huts by the
river banks OF in lofts above the sheds
in which they hang their fish. In win
ter they have semi-subterreanean dwell
ings.
The pure Knmtschatdales, on the
other hand, appear to be a kindly and
hOspitable people. The houses of the
better class of natives of Russian blood
are usually log built, unpainted, con-
tanning two and sometimes, but rarely,
four rooms. in which will be found few
chairs, rough deal table, a tawny gilt
eikon of lhe Russian Church and any
number of cockroaches and unmention-
able insects. The houses are in many
places raised above the ground, either
upon stones, like haystacks, or upon
pillars. The floors are boarded and the
house is warmed by means of huge
brick stove built in between the rooms,
which develops immense heat.
The diet of these ''upper classes is
besides fsh-milk, sour cream, rye
bread and bilberries. The bilberry
seems to be the only fruit in Kamtsc' at
ka. A few patches of potatoes and
cabbages occasionally surround the bet
ter villages; but, unless ct Melcova,
there are no cereals, although it is stated
that rye would do very well in some
parts of the valley of the Kamtschatka
River. The harvest of the river and
the sea is enough, however, to occupy
all the time and thotiIgSsss of the kam-
tschatkan, and he has neither the leisure
nor the taste for agriculture.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
A Typical Georgia MOuntaineer.

He was big, strapping fellow, pro-
badly 20 years old, and weighing $50
pounds. As he walked into the police
station yesterday afternoon, his shoeless
feet made no noise.
''I'm from Ducktown, Tennessee, y
he said, in response to Capt. COUGHS
questions. "My name is William
Ward, an come to ten United States
court
He was typical mountaineer, strong
and not bad looking. He wasn't much
of dude in his cotton shirt and home
spun breeches. lss-
This was his first sight of city. His
mountain home is fifty miles from a
railroad. and, in order to reach Atlanta,
he walked those fifty miles. He had
never seen n railroad or a train of cars
before, had never owned a book, could
neither read nor write, knew nothing of
what are termed the comforts of life
yet was happy:
The officers about the station house
took an interest in him and began
plying him with questions. He had
been subpmnaed to appear in the United
States court as witness in m illicit
OlISblltCl,S y CttHt liz CtlIlt IOO
and is entitled to ten cents per mile. as
mileage"
"Did you ever have that much be
fore 2" asked Capt. Couch.
"No, reckon not. Never saw that
much before.
''What do you do"
"Oh, / work for fellow. Idon't get
any pay. He told me he'd do the right
thing by me. l amt going to work for
that any more. Would stay here if l
could get something to do"
He was asked to sit down. He looked
suspiciously on the chair that was
pointed out to him, shook it gently and
sat-on the doorstep. OF course he
didn't know anything about making
corn whiskey, but he had hunted and
had brought down many q deer and
turkey
"Do you use caps on guns up there?"
ga few of the fellers have them new
guns, but flint and steel is good enough
for most of u.s."
He looked it.
Later in the evening he was offered
some supper, but he had his hunk of
venison and corn bread with him. Then
he curled up ON the floor, and in few
minutes was sound asleep, free from
care and happy.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03

signed it with an assumed name. When
the letter came to the Knoxville 1ribune
it happened that one of the printers
who had worked a long time at Sweet,
water, Boyd's home, saw it. He was
familiar with Boyd's chirographv, and
he at once pronounced the letter to be
in Boyd's handwriting. This statement
came to the cars of the bondsmen. and
a man named Lenoir, who was amono
them, and who for a long time believed
in Boyd's innocence, took ont extrodi-
ton papers, went over to Canada. found
Boyd, captured him and brought him
back to Tennessee for trial. He was
tentenced to five years in the peniten-
tiary, but before his property could be
got hold of he had transferred $40, 900
worth of it in real estate to one of his
nephews. This transfer was only
nominal one, and it was intended that
it should be given up when Boyd got
out of the penitentiary. When his term
finally ended and he tried to get the
property, he Lad n quarfei with his
nephew about it, and the result was that
his nephew shot him.. So you see,"
concluded the Tennesseean, "the mys-
terious disappearances of criminals are
by no means new in East Tennessee.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
A Case of Mutual PickpOcketing.

A Paris letter to the London TcleG'Dph
says ga peculiar case of mutual pick
pocketing took place in the neighborhood
of the Odeon Theatre. A well-dressed
person, who is vaguely described as
a Briton, accosted an equally fashiona-
bly, attired native of this country, and
asked the way to the Pantheon. The
obliging Gaul pointed out the direct
route to the edifice in question, and was
Immediately asked by the alleged Eng
lish subject to partake of some refresh
ment i'll an adjacent cafe. The French
man, nothing loath, entered with his
temporary acquaintance into a house in
the Rue SOuffiot and alcoholic stimu-
lants were ordered by the generous son
of Albion. The refreshments were re-
peated, and the two imbibers engaged
for some time in n friendly conversation,
which was carried on by the Briton in
broken French, and by the Gaul in mu-
tilated English. Then the Frenchman
took his leave and walked quickly away
in the direction of the Boulevard st.
Nichael. The alleged Englshman,
who had remained behind to arrange
with the waiter about the tariff for the
final round of refreshments, was sud
denly observed tO'pull his hands out of
his pockets with a despairing look and
to make rush to the door, knocking
over chairs and tables in his precipitate
progress. When in the street he shout
ed out ''Stop thief !" in as good French
as he could muster, and the hue and
cry was quickly proclaimed. Police
men, walters, small boys and .foReaps
took up the chase, and the elegantly at
tired and quickly retreating Gaul was
captured near the Cluny Museum after
a most exciting run. The two quond-
am acquaintanccs became so violent to-
wards'each other that both were march
ed off to the station, where a turning
out of pockets took place in the usual
manner. 1t was then discovered that
the Briton had adroitly possessed him
self. while in the cafe, of the Gauls
purse, while the latter had practised the
same operation on the foreigner.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
Advertising Rates.
BESIDE TIE CRADLE

There, in his tiny cot, he is sleeping a sinless
sleep
Here, by his cradle-side, 1 sit, and watch, and
weep.
Watch, With the thought of his future soaring
my weary brain,
Weep, for the toll it will bring him-the sor-
row, the care, and the pain.
Have not done him wrong, in finging him
into the strife?
Will he thank me one day, think you, for the
thankless gift of life
Calm is his baby slumber with rosy lips apart:
All, me. TO think of him sleepless, tossing with
aching heart
Deadly the struggle for bread-fierce and
fercer it grows;
VIII he stand or fall in the battle, my darling
- one? God knows!
Dreary the dull; sad round, from morning till
evening light
Out to the desk with the day, home from the
desk at night.
VIII life have nothing better to offer my
dearest one?
Then better, thousand times better, his life
had never begun.
Yet, if success be his lot, will happiness come
i'll its train?
Or is that but phantom light, that we follow
but never attain?
Suceessl to be fawned on by some, reviled and
belittled by most;
Hatred for winning the race by the crowd who
have struggled and.lost
The snares of the evil women are waiting his
feet TO entwino.
And the rattling lure of the dice-box and the
strong arch-curse of wine.
His heart viii he torn by the cry of the hungry
he cannot feed,
While Dives rolls by in his chariot, and
Lazarus dies in his need.
And the clash of contending creeds will hurtle
about his head,
But the world will be dark and cheerless, as
though goodness and God were dead.
Have I not done him a wrong, in fiinging him
into the strife?
Will he not pray for the rest that ends our
poor wearisome life?
Here, in his baby cot, he is sleeping sinless
sleep
Here, by his cradle-side, 1 sit, and watch, and
weep.
ALFRED BERLIN.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03

beach tree to take rest. On receipt OF
the telegram l had advised all military
! posts and sent patrols toward the from
/ tier.
Would Menotti run back to Austrian
| territory, would they arrest him This
/ thought tortured me and made me rest
less. L had paid no attention to the
| directions and suddenly found myself
near the frontier. Despite the height
1 had reached began to feel the heat,
and threw myself down to take breath
and then return Suddenly I heard a
noise above me, some pebbles came
rolling down; Mt the same time [ saw a
man creeping through the bushes. Per-
haps smuggler, I thought. Curiosity
aroused me, and with few leaps 1 was
where the noise had come from. With
a cry I recoiled. Before me stood An
drea Menotti, with disheveled hair,
mad looks and torn clothes. When I
saw him in this shape, all pity had left
eyes. With one bound was at his
side and caught him by his arm. ''An-
drea Monetti, in the name of the law 1
With lions strength he shook me off,
took me by the neck and threw me
down. While he held me so with his
left his right hand fourished long stii
letto. 'Murderl" I cried. I felt his
hand weaken; at the same moment L
was on my feet again, holding out my
revolver. Andrea laughed boisterously.
"rhat pepper box would have been of
little use to you for if [ had willed so,
you would be now with the other fellow.
But did not will so, for I owed you
thanks. Now we are square. And I'll
oblige you by giving you the glory to
have arrested Andrea Menotti. There,
take me, am your prisoner"
His voice had lost all its harshness, a
broken man he stood before me, not An
Dire Menotti, the murder, but an unfor-
tunate wretch who fulfilled a sad des-
tiny.
"Andrea,' said with emotion, what
have you done2"
"What every other man in my place
would have done, too. [ found her in
his arms and buried my knife in his
heart.
"Agnese was faithless2 Broke her
oath?''
''She did, captain. Shall complain?
Are not all women faitless? 1 broke the
oath had sworn to my country; she
broke hers; thus every evil deed avenges
itself. And now, captain, put on your
handouts, there see your men,"
Ny eyes were moist when 1 saw him
escorted across the frontier.
Three months afterwards, just when I
had read in the papers that Andrea
Menotti had been shot at Verona, I
also read that the King of Italy had be-
slowed upon me his order of merit.
| have never worn it.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
Trades Unions in China.

The trades nnions are generally COM
posed of retail traders and artisans, and
are Of a more modern date than the mer-
chant guilds, few of them being a cen
tury old, says the st. JdneS's Gazette.
With regard to mechanics the unions are
generally composed of masters and work
men, united as against society. In some
trades where workmen are numerous
iourneymen have their own combinations,
but generally, when they have occasion
to combine against employers (of which
instances are rare), they meet in some
temple, commence strike, peacefully ac-
complish their object and disband. Oc-
casionally the unions enforce their de-
crees in a terrible manner. The Gold
beaters Union of SOochow-the Athens
of China-some time ago wreaked ter
rible vengeance on one of their craft.
Gold leaf was needed to an unusual
amount for the Emperor. One of the
craft represented to the magistrate that if
he were allowed to take number of ap-
prentices the work would be greatly ex-
pedited, and having obtained permission
he proceeded to engage a great many ap-
prentices, violating thereby a law of the
trade which disalowed an employer to
take more than one apprentice at a time.
His conduct infuriated the craft, and the
word passed round: "Biting to death is
not capital offence" One hundred and
twenty three of them rushed on the mis-
erable man, each taking bite. Death
soon relieved the victim of the fiendish
rancor To make sure that none shirkcd
duty on that occasion, no one was al
lowed to quit the shop whose bloody
lips and gums did not attest to his
fidelity. The murderer who took the
first bite was discovered and bcheaded.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
Hints for Modern BARRIERS.

Our Saxon ancestors appear to have
devoted considerable attention to the
subject of their hair. Though ignorant
of macassar oil, they discovered that dead
bees burnt TO ashes, and seethed in oil
with leaves of willow, would stop hair
from falling off; but should the hair be
toe thick, then must Il swallow be burned
to ashes under tile, and the ashes be
sprinkled on the head But in order
altogether to preventive growth of hair,
emmets' eggs.rubbods on the place are
found an eifectuald depihtory; never will
any hair come there, ,"--NiReteeaM Cen,
tara
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
A big Bar of Bullion.

The Helena independent says The
second largest bar of bullion ever melted
in the United States Assay Office in
Helena was handled by Meter Meyen-
dorf. It came from the JAY Gould
Mine, waighed about $500 ounces, was
a little over 500 fine in gold and was
worth about $27. The gas furnaces
were not nearly large enough to handle
it, and one of the great coke furnaces,
now seldom used, was heated up. When
it was thorougly reduced to a lixuid,
molten mass, a set of grippers wus at
ached to the melting pot, aud by the
aid of chains and pulleys it was lifted
oui of the bed of burning coke and
charcoal and dumped into mould.
When it had changed from a liquid into
a solid but red-hot bar it was immersed
in water uutil it had sufficiently cooled
to be handled, The operation, which
included several Interesting features
other than those detailed, was intently
watched by small party of visitors.
who were much interested in seeing
$27, 900 changed from n solid to q liquid
form, and then to n solid again. The
only larger bar ever handled in the of
flee was one of about $500 ounces, but
several have been melted of larger value.
Since January the Office has received
one thousand deposits, many more than
for the corresponding period of last
year, and of considerably larger aggre-
gate value.
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
A Quick-Wittcd Girl.

. Courtship is visible on every hand at
Saratoga. Its aspects arc various, but
usually mild, though occasionally vio
lent. Only last evening went quickly
around a corner of a verauda and caught
fellow struggling with girl for n
kiss.
"You shan't have it." she said.
81 will, he persisted.
ono, you shan't - and here she
saw me, and she finished the sentence
in this way: This locket is keepsake,
aud won't even lend it to you"
Locket, Indeed Fellows don't puck
er their mouths like that in asking for
lockets. She was n quick wittcd girl.
Philadelphia Tines,
News and citizen. [volume] (Morrisville, Vt. ;) 1881-current, 1887-11-03
How Burglars Have Tools Made.

A New York machinist tells an inter
esting story about his dealings with a
burglar. He was sitting in his office
one day few months ago when two N en-
entered with design they wanted made
of steel. He took the job and turned IL
out according to order. The men camo
the next day, and after chatting pleas
antlv about the Doodle aldermen and
other matters of popular interest in the
city, paid their bill and went away.
Several other designs were brought him
by the two men, and he got to know
them quite well. He did not learn their
business, however; but it is such com
mon thing to deal with men whom one
knows only by sight that Mr.. Jennings
never bothered his head about it.
But he found out who the men were
after all.
One day they called to have him make
half dozen eight inch steel screws. He
promised them for 5 o'clock, but the
men did not come. He did not see therl
the next day or the next. On the third
day one of Pinkerton's detectives drop
ped in upon him in the afternoon carry
ing a handsachel. He opened it and
threw lot of curiously shaped pieces
of steel on the table.
"Were these made in your shop, Mr..
Jennings? ?' casually remarked the de-
tective.
eyes, that's our work"
"Who did you make them for2"
"Now you've got me-its more than
I can tell. I never had any reason to
inquire, and the men didn't bother
about telling me"
"But you are sure you made that steel
work here 2"
"Yes, oh yes; I'm sure enough of
that
Two days later Mr.. Jennings was sub
peaned by the prosecution rs witness
against two men who had attempted to
crack the safe in a bank in Ellenville,
Ulster county. He met Harlem ma
chinist and an ironworker from down
town at the court house in Kingston.
Pinkerton's men opened wide their eyes
when he took the pieces of steel that
each had shaped, and, putting them to-
gether, showed what a perfect sectional
Jimmy they made.